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Retired Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose, president of the Meyerrose Group and former CIO of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Steve Grundman, the George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges at Brent Scowscroft Center on International Security of the Atlantic Council, count down the week's top stories with Francis Rose.
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On this week’s edition of On DoD, we take a deep-dive into DoD’s small business program. Last month, the Small Business Administration announced that for a second year in a row, the federal government met…
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Karl Mathias, the Marshals Service’s chief information officer, said his priorities include mobility, moving to the cloud and figuring out how best to address infrastructure support and maintenance needs.
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On Aug. 14 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Its goal was to give Americans a national plan for economic security when they retired. Eighty years later, the Social Security Administration provides retirement and disability benefits for 60 million Americans at a cost of $850 billion a year. Carolyn Colvin is the Acting Commissioner for the Social Security Administration. She spoke with Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to talk about the agency's rich history, plans for keeping it vital, and the impact social security has had.
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The Defense Department has a new agency. It's the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency , or JIDA. The new combat support agency is built from what had been the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. Army Maj. Gen. Julie Benz is the Acting Director of JIDA. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the agency and its refreshed mission.
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The Homeland Security Department's science and technology directorate is looking for a few innovative ideas. SaT is holding a series of conversations across the country to bring those concepts to the forefront. Doug Maughan is the cybersecurity division director for the Science and Technology directorate. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss why the conversation around cyber is more important than ever.
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The house has passed a bill that makes it easier and quicker to fire Veterans Affairs employees. Some see Congress’ latest drive to hold government accountable as noble. Others see it as an impending civil rights violation. Susan Tsui Grundmann is chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. As Federal News Radio’s Emily Kopp report, she falls into the latter category.
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The Navy says it’s setting up what it hopes will be repeatable, regular processes for testing new technologies that seem like good candidates for fielding throughout its fleet. The objective is to turn the Navy’s existing training exercises into regular proving grounds for new innovations. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu has details.
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Federal contractors might have to offer up to seven days of paid sick leave a year for their employees under a new executive order from President Barack Obama. But industry isn't thrilled. Four contracting associations have written to the White House. They say more regulations are making an already complicated acquisition process more difficult. Charles Tiefer is a law professor at the University of Baltimore. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that industry shouldn't get too worried about this order because they have plenty of tricks up their sleeves to stall and water it down.
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Federal contractors have new guidance for protecting government information from the CIO and CAO Councils. Contractors will have to comply with some of the same standards agencies do. Jeremy Grant is managing director at the Cheroff Group and former director of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace at NIST. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what this means for contractors who will have to comply with these NIST standards.
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The rescue effort for the Labor Department's financial management system is complete. But that effort drew a lot of attention to who owns data when the government works with a vendor. Ed Hugler is deputy assistant secretary for operations at the Labor Department and a finalist for a Service to America medal in the management excellence category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that he had to fix a big problem.
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Contractors will have to give employees paid sick leave under an executive order the New York Times reports President Barack Obama will sign. Josh Alloy is counsel for Arnold and Porter's labor and employment group. He writes an advisory about what companies will have to do and what they should be planning to do. Alloy tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the scope of the executive order is pretty comprehensive.
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A measure of the health and strength of the government contracting industry is available through the GovCon Index. Executive Mosaic calculates it every day the stock market is open. Ross Wilkers is the newsroom editor of Executive Mosaic. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how you can use it to gauge the gov con space.
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The Defense Department’s program to let employees use smartphones on the secret network is becoming rather popular. After moving from the pilot to its full production stage in June, the Defense Mobile Classified Capability–Secret is in demand not just in the military, but across the government. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with details on why DoD’s program is so popular.
August 13, 2015
